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Meaning of beige box | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A device used in phreaking, technically equivalent to a telephone company lineman's handset: a telephone fitted with alligator clips to attach it to a line.
  2. A desktop computer in the style typical of personal computers of the 1980s and 1990s, having a boxy off-white case and CRT monitor.
  3. An outdated personal computer.
    broadly, derogatory

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

beige fat beige flag beige prose beigeist beigel beigeness

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